Kebangkitan Nasional Museum is a historical building with a national-rank cultural heritage status where once stood the medical school for the native students named School tot Opleiding van Inlandsche Artsen (STOVIA). This museum presents collections and historical narratives related to STOVIA, Indonesia’s National Awakening, and the Indonesian national movement. It was the students of STOVIA, led by Soetomo, who established Boedi Oetomo, the first modern organization formed by native people of Indonesia on 20 Mei 1908. The event is commemorated as Indonesia’s National Awakening Day (Hari Kebangkitan Nasional).

The Formulation of Proclamation Text Museum is a national-ranked cultural heritage managed by the Ministry of Education and Culture. It was built in the 1920s by a Netherlands architect, J.F.L. Blankenberg, in a European architectural style. During the Japanese occupation, this building served as the house of Admiral Tadashi Maeda, a high ranked officer in the Japanese Navy, who lent it as a place for the formulation of the Indonesian independence proclamation text on 16 ? 17 August 1945 by the Nation’s Founding Fathers; Soekarno, Mohammad Hatta, and Achmad Soebardjo. As a witness to one of the most important episodes in Indonesia’s journey towards independence, this museum has its own dedicated exhibition rooms to display the situation when the historical event of formulation the Indonesian Proclamation of Independence Text happened.

The National Gallery of Indonesia was officiated on 8 May 1999 as a place to carry out studies, collection, registration, maintenance, security, exhibitions, partnerships, education, documentation and publication of fine art works in the form of paintings, sketches, graphics, sculptures, ceramics, graphic design, illustrations, photography, crafts, installation art, and other alternative media that can be categorized as modern and contemporary art. Located at Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur in Central Jakarta, it has the characteristics of a Dutch colonial building. The National Gallery of Indonesia is managed under the authority of the Directorate General of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture.

The Wayang Museum is a museum managed under the Art Museum Management Unit, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Culture Office which was inaugurated by Governor Ali Sadikin on August 13th, 1975. This building was built as the de oude Hollandsche Kerk (Old Dutch Church) in 1640 and was used as a church until 1808. The old church was abandoned and used for various purposes until Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences) bought it in 1937 and used it as a museum. Now the Wayang Museum has collected 6.898 collections of shadow puppet from various regions of Indonesia and abroad, including Wayang Kulit, Wayang Golek, Wayang Beber, Wayang Klitik, Wayang Revolusi, Wayang Suket, paintings, masks, dolls, wooden statues, and gamelan ensemble.

Tugu Inscription was found in Tugu-Village, Koja Sub-district, North-Jakarta. It is carved on andesite-stone with writings of Pallava script and Sanskrit language. The form of Pallava letters used indicates that it dates from the middle of 5th Century.